Django FormView Not Saving

django, forms, formview, python

Solution

I'm new to view classes too and I had almost the same problem with Django 1.6.

You should add

def form_valid(self, form):
    form.save()
    return super(RedeemReward, self).form_valid(form)

method overriding to your `RedeemReward` class. This worked for me.

If you look to Django source code, you will see that there is no form saving in `FormView` class inheritance chain.

Problem

My form isn't saving the models that I need it to. My form: ``` class RewardForm(forms.Form): quantity = forms.IntegerField(max_value=10, min_value=1, label=_('quantity'), initial=1) reward = forms.CharField(max_length=50, label=_('reward')) reward_denomination = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=Reward_Denomination.objects.all(), widget=forms.RadioSelect) def clean_reward(self): data = self.cleaned_data.get('reward') try: reward = Reward.objects.get(reward_name=data) except ObjectDoesNotExist: raise forms.ValidationError(_('Reward does not exist'), code='invalid') return data def clean_reward_denomination(self): data = self.cleaned_data.get('reward_denomination') try: denomination = Reward_Denomination.objects.get(denomination=data) except ObjectDoesNotExist: raise forms.ValidationError(_('Denomination does not exist'), code='invalid') return data def save(self, request, commit=True): user = request.user data = self.cleaned_data 'try: post_reward = data['reward'] post_denomination = data['reward_denomination'] quantity = data['quantity'] except LookupError: raise Http404 reward = Reward.objects.get(reward_name=post_reward) denomination = Reward_Denomination.objects.get(denomination=post_denomination) user_points = Points.objects.filter(affiliate__id=user.id).aggregate(total_points=Sum('points')) user_points = user_points['total_points'] try: total_cost = (quantity * denomination.cost) except ArithmeticError: raise Http404 quote_price = -total_cost if user_points >= total_cost: reward_order = Points.objects.create(affiliate=user, points=quote_price, from_reward=True, from_offer=False) status_coded = Status_Code.objects.create(short_name="Pending", name="The order is currently being reviewed", description="The order is in queue") redeem_order = Redeem.objects.create(affiliate=user, status_code=status_coded, quantity=quantity, reward=reward, price=total_cost) return reward_order ``` My Views: ``` class Reward_Detail(DetailView): model = Reward slug_field = 'reward_slug' context_object_name = 'reward' template_name = 'omninectar/reward.html' #Detail Stuff class RedeemReward(SingleObjectMixin, FormView): template_name = 'omninectar/reward.html' slug_field = 'reward_slug' form_class = RewardForm model = Reward def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs): self.object = self.get_object() return super(RedeemReward, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs) def get_success_url(self): return reverse('omni:reward_confirmation') class RewardBeautify(View): def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs): view = Reward_Detail.as_view() return view(request, *args, **kwargs) def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs): view = RedeemReward.as_view() return view(request, *args, **kwargs) ``` So I initially thought that the FormView would handle the form processing (validate, and, if valid, run form.save(), etc). I'm following the FormView, SingleObjectMixin example on the Django website. I don't receive any errors when I try and submit the form, but no objects are created either. I've tried defining a form_valid method that runs the save method, I've tried putting it inside the post method in the formview, etc. Can anyone spot the error/errors? Thanks!

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